04.05.2007, 07:27
IBS Develops Information System for Chernobyl NPP – Integrated Shelter Database
OREANDA-NEWS. On April 25, 2007 IBS, the leader in the Russian market of IT and consulting services, and the Chernobyl center of nuclear safety problems, radio-active waste and radioecology (Ukraine) completed the project launched to develop the information system called "The Integrated Shelter Database"1 (ISDB) for the Chernobyl NPP, reported the press-centre of IBS.
The information system provides information support for designees responsible for safety at the Chernobyl NPP. The system also supports decision making related to further actions to eliminate consequences of the major accident at Chernobyl NPP Power unit 4, and fulfillment of an international program seeking to transform the 'Shelter' into an ecologically safe system.
ISDB merges data from several information systems used at ChNPP into a unified data bank and provides comfortable access to it. Apart from helping to operate the Shelter more efficiently and to monitor its state, the system enables coordinated actions of the subdivisions responsible for nuclear, radiation, general industrial and fire safety at the Chernobyl NPP. Deployment of ISDB made it possible to enhance safety for the Chernobyl NPP staff, and also for the population and the environment.
According to Valery Nikitin, Head of Integrated Solutions Department, IBS, "To implement the set objectives it was necessary to fuse competences in controlling nuclear facilities and in developing and deploying large-scale IT solutions. The completed project is absolutely unique in terms of its complexity, scale as well as its international and social significance."
The Integrated Shelter Database comprises the following subsystems:
E-archive control. Collection and storage of unstructured information on the facility spanning more than 20 years.
Data processing. Reports and supplementary information and also control over accounts and access rights.
Support for the projects’ planning, monitoring and control.
Support of safety during operations. Staff and contractors registration and accounting, access tracking (information on certification, radiation exposure, medical check-ups). Moreover the subsystem tracks premises, evacuation plans, supports a 3D model of the Shelter and enables simulation of processes and events.
Interaction with the automated information system for radiation control. Analysis and display of current dosimetry data.
The project involved design and development of the system, its deployment, including delivery of necessary equipment, training of the system’s users and administrators.
Integration with information systems available at the Chernobyl NPP is performed by data replication into the unified data base. Solutions are based on Microsoft and Oracle software products for server and database control. The system comprises solutions for simulation by Rockwell Arena, a GIS system by ESRI ArcGIS and a number of other solutions. The innovative technologies used and the solutions developed during the project can be replicated and used at other NPPs.
The project spanned 2,5 years. In its course IBS acted as the head of the project managing distributed teams of implementers working in Moscow, Kiev and Slavutich. A great number of additional resources were attracted besides 5 basic teams. The system was launched for industrial use in March 2007.
“I wish to thank the Consortium’s employees and commend their high level of skill displayed in implementing this project," comments Nikolay Yefimenko, Head of the Chernobyl NPP GUP POM projects. “Guided by this experience we hope for further cooperation with IBS in implementing Chernobyl NPP projects related with informational technologies.”
About the Chernobyl center of nuclear safety problems, radio-active waste and radioecology
It was founded on April 26, 1996, under the Decree of the President of Ukraine, as a research institution subject to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and supported by the Department of Energy of the United States of America. The head office of the Chernobyl Center is located in Slavutich. The basic activities of the center are: ensuring nuclear and radiation safety, decommissioning of nuclear installations, radio-ecological research, and taking actions in case of emergencies at nuclear facilities. The center consists of a laboratory of engineering developments and technologies, an international radio-ecological laboratory, a laboratory of safety analysis (Kiev), a centre of the projects monitoring (Kiev).
The information system provides information support for designees responsible for safety at the Chernobyl NPP. The system also supports decision making related to further actions to eliminate consequences of the major accident at Chernobyl NPP Power unit 4, and fulfillment of an international program seeking to transform the 'Shelter' into an ecologically safe system.
ISDB merges data from several information systems used at ChNPP into a unified data bank and provides comfortable access to it. Apart from helping to operate the Shelter more efficiently and to monitor its state, the system enables coordinated actions of the subdivisions responsible for nuclear, radiation, general industrial and fire safety at the Chernobyl NPP. Deployment of ISDB made it possible to enhance safety for the Chernobyl NPP staff, and also for the population and the environment.
According to Valery Nikitin, Head of Integrated Solutions Department, IBS, "To implement the set objectives it was necessary to fuse competences in controlling nuclear facilities and in developing and deploying large-scale IT solutions. The completed project is absolutely unique in terms of its complexity, scale as well as its international and social significance."
The Integrated Shelter Database comprises the following subsystems:
E-archive control. Collection and storage of unstructured information on the facility spanning more than 20 years.
Data processing. Reports and supplementary information and also control over accounts and access rights.
Support for the projects’ planning, monitoring and control.
Support of safety during operations. Staff and contractors registration and accounting, access tracking (information on certification, radiation exposure, medical check-ups). Moreover the subsystem tracks premises, evacuation plans, supports a 3D model of the Shelter and enables simulation of processes and events.
Interaction with the automated information system for radiation control. Analysis and display of current dosimetry data.
The project involved design and development of the system, its deployment, including delivery of necessary equipment, training of the system’s users and administrators.
Integration with information systems available at the Chernobyl NPP is performed by data replication into the unified data base. Solutions are based on Microsoft and Oracle software products for server and database control. The system comprises solutions for simulation by Rockwell Arena, a GIS system by ESRI ArcGIS and a number of other solutions. The innovative technologies used and the solutions developed during the project can be replicated and used at other NPPs.
The project spanned 2,5 years. In its course IBS acted as the head of the project managing distributed teams of implementers working in Moscow, Kiev and Slavutich. A great number of additional resources were attracted besides 5 basic teams. The system was launched for industrial use in March 2007.
“I wish to thank the Consortium’s employees and commend their high level of skill displayed in implementing this project," comments Nikolay Yefimenko, Head of the Chernobyl NPP GUP POM projects. “Guided by this experience we hope for further cooperation with IBS in implementing Chernobyl NPP projects related with informational technologies.”
About the Chernobyl center of nuclear safety problems, radio-active waste and radioecology
It was founded on April 26, 1996, under the Decree of the President of Ukraine, as a research institution subject to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and supported by the Department of Energy of the United States of America. The head office of the Chernobyl Center is located in Slavutich. The basic activities of the center are: ensuring nuclear and radiation safety, decommissioning of nuclear installations, radio-ecological research, and taking actions in case of emergencies at nuclear facilities. The center consists of a laboratory of engineering developments and technologies, an international radio-ecological laboratory, a laboratory of safety analysis (Kiev), a centre of the projects monitoring (Kiev).
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